The Challenge Fund will
provide grants for
addressing challenges
related to accessing and
using risk information.
Challenges include access
to high resolution digital
elevation models, the
integration of climate
change scenarios in risk
modelling, and access to
post-disaster data.
Monday, March 16
18:00 – 18:30
Winners of the first phase
of funding will be
announced in June 2015.
Room B201, Kawauchi-Kita Campus, Tohoku University
Launch of the Open Data for
Resilience Challenge Fund
LEARN MORE ABOUT
OPEN DATA FOR
Join the UK Department for International Development (DFID), Global
RESILIENCE:
Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), and World Bank
gfdrr.org/opendri
Group as we launch the Challenge Fund. The Challenge Fund will provide
small grants to address challenges related to accessing and using risk
information for decision making, in order to reduce disaster risks and
improve disaster and climate resilience.